` ._ _ . ’\

l' f 1=oR`1='sr1iiEns, nummi-:11. '11ci1i§E1i1E11,_ 'school ABP, THE

sw- im. ..-.. ii.. o......i... 1,

lri and

neetins

iii g -iiiiif iii

UPI!!! of Uenerallfu

Ill] Il’ C

mere Ling em to fur

Contrllqgtgq .dn asked to hsve the his own ends) in many instances |=0mln§ lu °°u¢l¢¢ *ful mill! I-u0ul‘

md, lrrlglm a¢__rld.°'¢l“ nrl, ,m,h,gave_-:hem s. trial along with their (l>_l__f_n_1_;1_r\aer:mth_:-‘ou__g_l_z‘ou‘f;r_t:|ee val-' ln,-,h

' , "lu CWD 0 f Inland. Th grea "°‘\‘- “ =°°1Y~.“ _ 45°" '”’°"°"°’ 'rho Dominion somone muy swore pleased to snr that an a zmrrel rule .ina is, .i,:§.|:°o;_ f»° °n and, qiiohuy, qos __ ftsm can hs handled as late as one 0; ¢h, men; nnngnr thrnnunlng hh, the farmer is most anxious to d Th, Bmmm. 'um I- ,_m,ml_ " e t to Ulvlr _m he fur u

seretary

p. . Wed*sdh All received -after u t al if uch thod everything in his power to assist in m A co 2 iyesdgtigilng hadaarranlzd tg any way he can and wishes to learn srl” Zligggon arg, trlxlltpag-(th. IBB UW!! 0"°l'- UMD! °“t ‘U Wm'

that hour rcansot. appear until the LY:

surscnsnnmo 'ms ff;

raison anwann rehash. ml"

Some Dlr¢l¢\1ll‘*l in "guru *O UIC v'e ' ' oseible has been made of the otato“ ' ' lation and usin or s rag °8mP8iKD lzilvvr 1:v¢8¢\> GKUW' at esnT:`1:dBhiisgneiifryltligugtlhloigirai grep and the farmers evergwhere an b"°°d°" 'ma they P"°'°"°d' place. g ‘n n

now Qing eandncud und" the to the dangers or seed potatoes was have bun made thoroughly acqualnr, each one turned down the score card In the preceding lm” I have wok, and cultivation of orchards weroalso N ‘u"°U°“ °f th* D°m3u\°u nr the time quiescent. But, through ed with the nature of the disease and 'ntem 'J' judging' en about the result to be expected 51"”

influences of the advertising the only remedies applicable and no Much "edit is due tu' painstaking from unripe, frozen or damaged D0- F

_"‘ campaign conducted, as above stat- serious outbreak of disease can be P"°°iu°‘“ and S°°’°"°~"-7 ‘lf fu* 555°' tatoes and have pointed out that °°

(By H. Harley Selwyn, Inspector for ed, during the preceeding' year, the located it is to he hoped that the °1“¢i°u °u _ tu° °u°°°99 0! ¢u°_5u°" without being actually diseased they

I-ll* DiVili0l\-) usual attention to the conditions of Provincial Legislature will take every Bud I uuut b°u°"¢ *he Al°0¢1BU°u are liable to suffer considerable loss- ui

nr, in gnnernl nnld more thnn .possible precautions to keep out con- Or a show would Glilf- Dui- f°l' fuu 01- es. But how much more quickly will U

crop at harvest rims and 3 taminstion of any kind and in that fo"-5 01 thu |°l'm01‘-“'C- P- Tl1°m¢- the decay set in when the tuliers have 8*!

or in ohooi-io finding something wav maintain n district where row- ° rsordinary in the condition nf his toes can be got for seed from which _ _.r ~. ~. other diseases, eventually finding ll!

t an b there is no danger of disease In this' THE STORAC°` "3‘ CFPDTATOES their way into the tuber W

ghlh . tubers submitted (as ins rue y . . A

.mount Prince Edward Islam" notices) a sample for examina- WHY Prince _Edrrnrd Inland ¢0\1l¢l -- 'Hiere are a number of distinct par- C0_=

of his tubers easily become a centre for (By H. T. Guasow Do ni _ celtic diseases of the growing potato me

' mi on Bom” gue, Kensington and Margate sec- mu

ns. Two sprayings were given in I

ker. This is only one ofa number however be given to the shipping For some months past an mspect- from diseased to sound tubers. Late the various orchards and the work C°'

‘ ' ' as satisfactory in every way. The Eu

» BOYAIIIB1. the

- farm

The Potato crop ln Canada now their

approxlmstee in value some fifty 'um !Dilli0n8 Uldollexi 'annually and of ‘xt

contributes her generous qiota. we Great as this crop may seem and "on

lou and irehiod within the hon row it

. tan

11:? uct:v0|::€il>1:d)i:zgali’1(:t|<:-o(u,rtggn'r‘:d_ of such instances. Canadian soils trade with Newfoundland. Bags con- ion of stored potatoes has been ear- blight (phytophthora infestans) fs w_ _ _ le” wemm lands there ls cverv then an infentnd with n (lineage cnli- taining potatoes leaving the Island ried on by the Division of Botany, the worst offender in this rlllllect orehardist was ¢hB1'i!°d 25 ceul-5 PU' °

' ' e of destroying with great rapid- could easily be used by the farmers especially of potatoes among whion The amount of late blight present ill ho

millions of bushels of this valu- 0! N8Wf0“r1dlB1\d to contaill T-l1¢ir the presence of potatoe canker or a Held largely depends upon the 8111:- ga _

product and it evidently liee‘ CFODB nrlfl WMD ill Ulm! I‘€l¢ll1'l1°d Def' powdery scab was gnnp¢¢f,n¢_ Dun. ceaaful and rapid control of the po- was also expected to board the man '50

with the people to .insist in every naps empty or with other produce, ing thlh work lt was recalled that tsto bug. When the potato bug hae engaged by the Association and ae- “"5

possible in holding what has al- mighl be S\lf|lCi€l1l¢\y dirtied with soil the losses from the varlous draw.. been allowed to gain a foothold, even 5

dy gained n foothold, in check. infected with Canker BP0r¢8» Wui°u affecting stored linhnlgnen were com if only for a short period, the vines re is ever reason to believe that when introduced to the soil on our siderabl ,md or hir. eat" _ are generally so much injured that it ing fo rcharda that would be suit- G’

Y . e,

the greatest food products in the Wltuiu uuotuel' 7-Wei” llwrltlle Bdfli- UW" 9t°'=u» mlgut be the °“°l°“" °f ic importance than isggener:il1e;on?£- lsiakfoft imp?“s’m° lt” keep the mu “ul

‘ ' - - - - ro a in avoc. 1

world god _ W r C in tional cases will have dcicloped, per endless trouble |,1 g rn p y g _ ta

By Dum P B t any M s at present in such initial stages Small beginnings sometimes have zfegér Eznion; trtusuzlégets trogladabto In some potato experiments carried go

'as have been unnoticed by the per- mighty endings and this saying is some mt°'u°eleBs° gwm M? e' out under my instructions at the d

AppEARAN(3E OF THE D1gEA3E_ son harvesting the crop. Only 100 true 01 DIARY frlrmi 0! DOBIS mmm qor dry '__ tag T‘l’__'“'i°“5 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, E1

'_ With a view to assisting material- which have from time to time been vation d or wel ro ' Bowel' with the view of Producing Potatoes m

in this work a number of Inepec~ introduced into_America from foreign B had ask; u°_€8l'Y th? B88_90n le as free ‘rom dlsease he posslble ,m_ Donal

an covered 'ull nodular excrescehddd tors have been appointed to the Divi- countries. Mention might be made as er .winwro u_t _:gr the ..afe-rteep1ngc.v- der pracrlcal mrmlng condltlorm we ter 'hlnh may ln nomerased he lm-gdr sion of Botany and it is the duty of anexample of the millions which the "st 0 ne remaining pvafoes secured from the four acres grown al

e men to see that the rules and *United States Dellnrtment 0! AZN- °"“§° rot” °f P°tu~t°°° mu? be 1,770 bushels, which averages about W

reason to believe that, were Potato “bl Oanker (Chrysophlyctis ehdobiotice “Y Bchilb) a disease now widespread in “bl” Europe and causing incalculable harm, introduced into Canada and Wa? allowed to spread in every province 'eu of the Dominion the production cf Tu’

come prohibitive. hui’

'riiboro affected with the disease U

uinouwoa with moraniiouoo-lnonw industry in

conditions are growing wgmss. that the introduction

_0win¢totbeligbtu'opofpotstoes eouldberesdilyeff

,na the Dominion sms; the your isu, interchange of eommodi

the importation of potatoes was with Newfoundland besides -made neceqry. lazy thousands of mee of trading vesdls from rhlllliell were brought over from the tra.ns~Atlantic portq, the

mn moo and noi-opooh ooiiairioo Bo!-wilt hu “nl two Inspectors to sold throughout Canada. Many the Island during the winter of 191!

eorresgonseaee gr, :fmt-‘Lee load their way into th: t0__¢n_\_'_|?____¢;:_°:_ lvltem of ___Jlsitation

no _ .ss, e farmer napa no an amongst, farmers

'm in ’ ily share of the nigga: they ran .with s view to ddkrminlng ddnlhly

‘lynn on of inoenlsting thu; sou; with an in. whether or not canker might already

‘nrahlsdiseess sndanxiouston-y bePre\=¢nt.allo withaviewtoob-

gud 1|. out s "new variety" (onnn i-enum. taining a general report on the con-

; mended and charged for highly by ditlon oi the industry. Speaking

- ~ ~.».-_ the ` hsnt hand th - from actual observation and from

' O

Amin

ess

§s; A isiei

___ :Eileii -.iiiiiiiiiiiii-i.ii;i 8,935; sl uiiiciiiiiiiilii .iiif*ii§i igii in eiiiélilgi 2,2; iii; iii duel* i' i..r§__E;;____

'lgiiii E§§5§§ lifiif 13-lil .fgrr Eli 5;;

iiiisf iiiiéi EE3§§r §?5“i' .iiil i §5l§_i;§E` S51 ‘ri $

quite ri anno

3. 1 5

venting late blight and other dis- eases. But those who must own “D

eo:-more similar Iinsol om-

ission had bett r urn P0' tawes at ones and start hand-piek-

g h full ticulars about this new dan- ' u hm q ’ toes that show Ml! GI l-|1090 NSN- 3

r°u°'ru‘_._'é¢. hue _salt tbroadrast throughout t e l1__&__r _ z ____ t ____ dues" is te bunch. The “Nunn i' u_°qumu’_.ak°d by

i ra ure bulletins notices, etc. 5"- 6 BC B 0 __ ll Thu, "hr, “vm-ml oth” good _ me “__d___g pl” M pour

w g the farmers fthe impending times more serious than the Bugs'

-1 F danger and at the angie time emphasr ever could be impresses them greatly _¢ch_”lrm,.o:,, Pnl clmdouy' ling. amogsn Allotted with 5001180 F95 Vuutuul’

' M lud no th, Dominjnn Gavel-nm¢nt the and causes many to say that there .nm "ds, "hmm to haw' pun” there is any trantmhntéo prevelntgz

nec ity_of a law prohibiting this would be little use in trying to con- _neun an or th. uldbn°"_ “though from saalllngs __ da1;_nP0t°f-0°l_” on’ to °n_

portation of foreign stock,_ in tinue potato growing were such a lt 'rm by ...com mm.. 'meh la lffllii "0 ° S '_ in “_

POTNIO INDUSTRY OF ny instances undoubtedly direct :tale oft5ffa_irs td ollzsbin. Such un- no" as the "her, maksh stag ta: d;=:tY 3114;;-__\;;;*g tl-um

fro disease infected areas. In July gr una y s on y likely to be om, sho' 'ru uv” gr” mtl" “rf yon e an ____ m__d_sl At the” mnunss

____ uf” _ Ac" “me into med' but t e can H the grate" of “Fe il isfaction until comparison iudging is "moving ound and instructions were elven in Drllrl' ba

_ hardly in time to be of complete ser- When as complete an inspection as gr,” it and dt” “snug several M eased potatoes, Protv £5,801 _:I?llu§'_ mg_ pnpamtlon or mm, shlphnr-_ is

d spraying. Short talks oh the care Bum

been attacked by late blight and

,, Upon examination by the Botanist Clean B604 Gnd so increase f-he _ which will start a “storage rot" ta

with the prospect' ol its being dc db proved to be the di-end Potato industry- Special attention should M) and which will spread by contact tio

'v ;'i‘*.1‘.';`.“l';i‘.

'huh wfnta' varletid ____ _

the ouowing A1>n1¢lvel»,°_°° '

1.' -~ eonlldetl»bleinWUU\l!ll¢¢.',_ in-'“°"; *ummm 'g°mnrk'nnm'Pwn the former was no doubts ' u‘f°'°“°°dG°°°“l tothoverrwot

' *gpg Nu. wonx. h°P° ¢° rf°P“lY WV _ _ #Dill

host or damaged ll! the diggeff _Ii _ ' _ ` CATI0

ur "nu M pu 'dl 'mamma I °°°k “D my “U” “Q Rmluanw :is eeedlti for IPUYIII

hut geo, yon have nothing to fear from uv, ng one Fruit Division ol Ottawa, ll _ _Y hound _:_ un; ,_ _ _ ' ____;_

storage rot, for then you arsno ln Am-U, arriving in Charlottetown DBF*-érullf 'ntl __ doubtawskewtbeneeeuityofprvdhrll l,_ 'rninnemgmynrstvisitimen onedpscklng _Ja

ll ' _ w

tnlfiiom' _ W

` _ an

V ` xes

rrel

eeds

" ‘_ JL

ag!

__ .b_.;,

tally

es of fruit growing In consul is

tation with the Commissioner and

ee in bringing meinto M

rent members of those communi uu

orilingly the Co-operative Fruit Bu

n to do the spraying ln the Mon- ul

During my visits I had been watch- me

of Agriculture it was de- u‘°

sided that a series of demonstration I orchard meetings would be of great t° nnnlnhnn touch Nm 'r _

ollowing these meetings I event W’ nsiderable time in paying personal 5°! visits to various sections, calling on B0

fle ‘ es, studying their conditions and ¢°u nerally getting acquainted. I soon u°u

1 mia than shoum hood osrisihoooii mu*

work were to he at all extensive. Pug

.o at my suggestion, engaged three 31*

ur for the work and 2 cents per bu llou of spray mixture applied. He Pub

ist in the work. m°

torrioooaewowilnsoeiwu t<»“'¢°

ignorant of local conditions ul"-l

was bleto for 0

any definite plans for t Th

the more prominent fruit grow ni Aeeordingly some sixteen of gm:

__f,hg_eg_n}eetings were held in va.rlous K

" ` ` dll the Province. “P

parts

demonstrations ull!

iii EE 9. .ri?. ii*; iii*-ii

hmm of ow-r'v1»»'.nw. ima hfnzoaoa.

il;

was a dead lolhfihk

fruit being soft

ing quality will in such lBrS0 ll

s. Also n barre

too much for the er, whereas a box . The fall varieties-

packed in boxes and ev varieties bring better es

e thinning of fruit on the other operation that-.sben_ld...bw widely practiced.. »._ ‘-.-..,;-'Jim le.; would like to Inv with-inhrenee_ markets that the ealflvvariedp be most proiltably

. In fact I msysay

way to profitably- _ _

thaninharrelp

x paekng is generally eonsidsr;~ a very difllcuit operation. On the trary, however, a little lnstrus-

- .--.:r~~~ ,.-:-/ ,

,..i§"§§ig iris li-: riiriii

_:iii

combined with practice will

e any man suiliciently elpert to

up his own fruit satisfactorily.

li instruction and practice willbe en at the Short Gouraeto beheld January and I trust it will bs' en advantage of fully. ` cannot speak too highly of tbs_ operative Fruit Oo. of Prince ward Island, the annual _meeting

which we are attending' today. It for its ofllcsra trained and ea-

le men who are quite competent deal with all problemsy that may e and who, I am sure, with a ‘ re united sflort on the parto! its mbers will make the P. E. I. Fruit "

ers’ ‘Association stand first in

(1 di , Alb I S ll' - W 0

°:B“C;!,§ir§lBIl'3°§;?ud_ dn? larch' Q “ileKihnon, Commissioner, of Agricul-

. d, I-Iopeileld. It waa found la-_l-uni Tu°0u°|`° R°“i Bmw that the orchard of Jas. Mciion- A;¥r;_“1t‘ér°? A- Dewug Go dnt

l _ l o e o-opera ve Frd _, and

d' Hopendld' was unsuitgb-e 82;, other Islanders for the' invaluible ad-

ly h l _ 0 ‘its qlassevsn as- the Province of P. ° f,§“°',§§‘,§2f,°”O§§,'”f,l°§§ nfs Ioioiia io toning its pisoo oo tho

:Egseiolrer of Agriculture it was must- “l"t°'dat° P"°"u°° lu thu D°°

minion

ecided to take the _orchards of Wm. I _B~__ __ thank the Hom “whom n ' _ . f ‘ ` ‘.1 _ -

the h 1 1 noi it 11. 'rh' *hes _ - . ti d d. _ _

n I e or gina po 0 se 'su nlnggnnn embodied in the Dontruo- culture is expending annually in its induced by a_vs.r1etY of agents. To 440 bushels per acre, by no means a tl: lxgxsegl Qherggson dv;r‘d‘gad_ vice and assistance rsnderedmeniuee

u reg

nigh: :€g¢§ya:er§;l?¢:§,.;¢gé thhye tive Insect and Pest Act made law attempt to control, let alone exter begin With it must be understood ugh; yi¢1d_ hnh notwithstanding care. v

' 1910 and under which Potato can- minate, thc _many hundreds of insect that a l?0l‘f€Cf»lY “rifle ' potato pro- ~(n1 spraying mn pomfn bug had dune D

who and the lrrlrhhlorm lrmlted hy ker is listed, are carefully carried out pests and diseases which have now viding, of course, it is free from_ bli- enough damage before it was control- bl,

ll localities where outbreaks of become so widespread. The Brown- gilt or other diseases, is less luinie to led, so that late blight appeared and th

disease are kn0Wl1- be __ ml; m0¢_l_1__ V-`l_l_i°l1 lé'1S_HP:_€“fl Qu' aug Us fmteulied by r0_l1___fl18n th0Se harvest- still caused far too much loss. Un-

hese regulations may summe wi e in e cw ng an a a ee ll e oo ear y. is statement raises less spra in is be n ver earl in - _ concisely as followsz- is now even threatening our prov- the dnenggohl when are potatoes rlpe_ the Beast; its bugs* is glmculz to Bron thus giving more accurate ie..

lions, attacking the eyes of the pot- lu

these living organisms in the potato in 5 produces a prolific outgrowth of en- U10 larger] (hypertrophied) cells which T are again attacked from the outside ul’

the fungus. U09'

A still more advanced stage oc- 2- curs, when, the fungus has utilized 'fuu every particle of food stores in the Uugu tuber und has reduced it to a brown- 935 ish black soft mass giving oil a very “Ot unpleasant' putrafactive odour. This The is the most dangerous stage of the tive

py mass consisting almost entirely of 3~ the spores of the fungus is broken lluv

up, the spores are distributed in mil- Y ated to a 1 to 800 so___t_on (__ . _ tub . H e is where the pnycbo- "wks should be caremuy h'Bnd_pl°k_ _hnl-1-an and bgxem In nmonnrhglnn t

lions and the land badly infested for l-"5

served through the medium of our 4

_ . gical moment may be missed for

rmmhern nl yen,-n_ Bichloxide of Mercury applied by POWDERY S_CAB (SP NGOS_ ll _ _. _._ ed to remove all dlreaded or mldred No doubt many of you have ob- meal" 01 P Wray- _ IORA SUQTEBHANEAJ blffgrlitarsagffagllgiifmslfgzggfgngls late Potatoes. _ U

. Du ' ' , _ 1 01' It is hardl necessar here to men-

At time of treating the la y y greatest care should be taken. This in a disease attacking pots- even the attacks of the flea beetle or tloh other dldennn hgéctlng the hom.

otato bu which ~na rn. ne t e

newspapers from time to time of re- the _ .

t c n . i t t f i _ that no soil containing the dfsas- toes and is of germ origin also being P E. - Y I ll rue- .f,0_p|nn¢_ l-or whatever hhelr hahnrm o

POI’ H 0 ffm Di! D0 u 0 Bm nes per us bacteria be carried by boots in that respect alike to Potato Can- mature death of the stalks, i~.x_1_u which an nom, nn ghd tuhnrn hmmm, agent. ¢

hv means ol mlmlle swarm ,horns or 1. All diseased tubers must be des- inces _of Nova Scotia and New Bruno i. e., in the best condition to dig? contr<\ and often about Augustland W

ed. V-'Wk 15 One Of _lueue uuu Wm* B “ew Digging potatoes depends largely np- September the potato tops have been th

Apparently sound tubers may be to Preventing its further advance in on individual cohdlqnnn pl-nvnlung at killed. Thus not only is the mann- I h h

£1101' 08115118 Suu the u°°°u-°-P°'uYiuE u°‘ th v on e n facture oi the reserve food to be stor °t uwlsqls mud (B

to the stock after_ boiling! d - . _ ti _ th _ __ the Dwi e ari s farms; in w t la d it is -

tr l tr ' ' ' on o e rui crop, 1 - “‘ -

ly to des oy a ace o is- mo 1 __ __ “Me hdvinnhh, gn dr; them earlier lhrm Uh ed in the tuber discontinued and the as many strawberry growers as pos_

e. (In this way the farmers need sion of Entomology nder t e dry ldnd th Wm ls h t b tnhel-5 "mall, ,mr-ir,e_ hut the ding”

be deprived of the entire crop). bead of Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt has, dug ata lateregate wr;n°ba;'rvy°al‘;ec€ spreads lnto the tuberm when rms Bible. Studying 15119 V&r'l€¢i8B. EYBYMIIB boiling of this food is impera- for the past three years, been carry- ed by bllgl,t_ than if they vm.” rr.” has taken place, the potatoes may be of gl- as otherwise the organisms of ing on a systematic crusade against from it but in enem] _L_t___t__es are left ll-l the ground lor 8 week or so Order t0 Obtain all BVBl1Bb1° lnfor

- - - _ the disease will pass through the its encroaches. Field officers are con- ' g 1 lon er when the t wlll lr m

disease. Tubere in this condition can d e __ read ___ tinually ___ the new d________g the wln_ ready for digging, under normal con- appirént but wha;-ogrggrng :hemgx branch of fruit growing. 8

_ a imals unharmed an b D - _

not be harvested whole but break in ll _ E months __e____c_____ out and d__s_ dlf;innn_ when thn stalks have _dred “to” t_._e should be hmed __ on

io nieces and thus the brownish phi-' the manure. the ivllnwins year. ¢ r _ E d d h y p d

Land upon which the potatoes troyinr, every nest or egg-cluster to agggeagan °;_°°tl:‘_;’ _?_“§_f_1;_:;_‘;_‘; 1_1; hh, llel,_l_ covered llglrrly with straw gl the large fruits I visited many

e been grown should he thorough- be found on certain forms of vegeta- _ and em-hh llrltll they have drled up limed or if lime is unobtainable tion theexservsrfoad which is smred in the well Before taking them in the ptr 3

ation on this very important __

At the beginning of the harvesting

finding markets for the apples, early D var . _ - r tel successful in this work and

anced cpndltlon of these orchards taking “P my duties as D°mi“1°u othlng was published, the intention ""~`i" IuE7’°°t°"- Wituuut uuuu ul' ln to dmlt rmtll next ear when ristsnco and advice my work would _

g Y

ey could be given the proper at- haf” _b°°”v'_;‘1‘_’_‘:b_‘;i_m°“1t uud °°n°id°"'

teution from the beginning of tbcia Y "5

ts. Other duties this :hu hon rod WHY D0 PURE, FRED HENS eather prevented me frcmlgi ing PAY

Y T A Benson, Poultry Ex]_>_gr_t`._)___ ___

During July and August, I visited- ,

cultivation, and other factors in P”

cbards giving instructions and'ae- P'

There are a number of reasons why r_e bred hens pay betffer than mon- 8 B In the Bret place it is human nat- re to take a greater interest in a 06k of puraebted birds than ina

L of rnonderscript. mongrels It is

em the some care and attention

de. and which no win strive to ‘

th the local Department ol Agri u ue Would El" |50 a flock -of pure ulture the attempt was made of 5:5 bifdi. which must aplleill to' his

a B!

ieties particularly We were mod ll Ye IOOHDB their belt :H0 will look s

ter their comfort in every possible

onsequently, will be in a better posi- Way in order to get the very best' re-

h i t'<l't'tilidrr°

avr H B C" um ‘B “° ° re an implements to other portions oi her but not so deadly a malady. may be mistaken for their normal od in nmonngn to the “mn ening, tion to deal with this important s lts. The great advance already

or in some one of the European colin.: Or tries, reports which are often accom- fue panled with particulars ns to the 5- misery through hunger brought HCC about by such conditions. No doubt PI' you too have laid down the paper be with the reflection that apparently Fm these scourages are confined to dis- W tant lands. 'Buch unfortunate to re- Bri late is not' the case. Potato Canker le

efforts of H. ’l'. Guasow, Dominion

Boennine to (he Department nf Agrl_ THE CAMPAIGN IN at Ottawa. An article dealing with easily detached _‘luring th’ °p____“_o__ the plant patlmloglsh There an B

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND e1_a_1;p;r;\_:2_¢_1_l_ys _0vrvill_ea__s;:_emd}:)1;e:go;l; tub” are not rr” and should be l:_r_g_euc_1:_um;:e;~ "of rdiilerentt bacgerill F

e in the ground, providin en ¢ S 0 0 W° l'° lu B '

Realizing the importance of the interested_,__t__town January sth 1913 no _ree _mm ___sea__e_ It _“Kan *:___r';_l: so scores of fungi, which ilnlythe pre- Q

. » “mate fact however that the large” vailing conditions suitable for their 0

culture at Ottawa. This first discov- ery was in Newfoundland in 1909 where the potato crop is already ser-

Ch8l'l ,

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"_ Ir ' ' `" "" " '” `-\ percentage of potato fields are nt. gruwth Bud d°"°l°l’m°ut» 5-uu Dm* owing to the business of the season

The Bingara - Krem'in C oss is the go'dcn cross of the

h_ruess wo'ld. No other cross in all the \vorld’s trott ug history, hnswon in mic year, tie amount this cross did in |912. No other <ro-'s has p:odf:ced such a percentage of trotters from each crop of fo:‘s

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(Simdsrd and Registered Stallion Dam of

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BINGARA Dam Kadilia by Kremlin Bi;lh(3)z.i1; .-2

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T, 1 is worlds record sirc of 2 C8 performers at '1 _ He is the greatest money wlnn`ng sire of 1912.

s sire of early and exlrime s, eed :S c f his 2 vr olds

in 2.30 or b.tier His sons are breeliuz on early speei. Right in Ha ifax BARING

~ is the sire of Baring`scom1.t (2) 2 28

KRliMLIN’S daughter produced trotters

on Americm tracks last sensm. No

ever eqnslledthis. So you see BOTTOM

that gets the money.

handsome and stylish Lorie,

horses, and uithu

to produce early and ex- brood mare don't let Ilvs

tslkid of fam ly in

crow. By

an inipet s frm ovir the trotiing

roih. »

whnld gmnnn n Krone deal 0( work, ufu “BUY fblwhed by lrolli, and if storage must begin in the field, where

but hero I wlll glve B rmrtlhl dor¢rlr,_ ng;_:;a_i_>a15_i:ed at once from those un- the growing plants should be regu-

H . e are d b l l tl diseas _

1 féggtlyff "'°°° "mm impr°"°d '"° _placed in otgi-eaee.sm 0 my W en ifrroiyy rgilfct tl; tlfixhaiu-1'.” as ‘umu "1 uw l“uUu‘¢ B* 5*~ -7°uu» N- ` The Black Minorca class was the Au°l1l1°r' Prominent source of rot in 3. Potatoes should be dug when mek or the bunch, I have seen A good storage are the apparently unavoid- ripe if posilble. Care should be ex- marrv ,md hnvn bred n good mnnv_ able inlurlnn during harvesting of ertised to prevent damaging tubers but the three corhernln nhnwn hy g0f»0¢0¢l. elipeclally when a potato when digging. Frozen and damaged wni. cuamoro were tho boot it has ul!" ‘° “°°u- H°W°v¢r. elizhtlv a potatoes. as well as those showing Men my lot to sde_ They were lnrs,_ Potato may appear to be damaged, signs of disease. (with the exception well llml,dd_ llhdlv colored ,md nn. N |0011 Bl U10 illlllrv extends below of common scsb) should not be plac- cepuohauy handsome hrrdl rt 1. to the skin, the tissues rich in available ed in storage with sound ones, but

be regretted that such birds asthole ‘°°d an °p°“ t° 5° i“v"l°u by luuuu be °u"’|uu7 Pi°k°u °u*~-

can.t be shown in B good show up ln :_Dd_res of fungi and bacteria. which 4. Bins. pits, cellars should be

n Ontario, whore no doubt they would ‘nd 1" °“°h "'°“”d° u "U °“|*»°bl° cool, not above 40 degrees st any

_ _ da ,mmm to that owneh __i_1;__ing g_i_';1_lnd. A ledge; number of time, and good' ventilation shouldhe .. Qur Island Mlnorcae, until a few 'rth8ta’:_drnz°;:°:;°°l;__° °2m_‘1al:_. 11;# Provided. “_ __ M .__

' years ago, were of a very small type dll d lt ' ° “° 5- The um' ° " °“

.. but tho hir-do in this oiaoo wore very '1!no°£1?;vo°d 1:1 tht: bm; °' mt" °'°1`ul“l°d M intervals. and any ry; _ m"°_ vo_v___g more or ::“or__e°°__f£_e_t;d_rc ig- tatoee :boxing signs of disease abou _ `,, Tu’ M|u°"°°' 1°’ °~ "°'Y M3 ‘U5 physical features deserve neverthel- belgrtgmvlihve su gestions are carried’ 1 and are most noted for this, al- lu. t h um _l ' _ °‘° g .

though they lay a greet many, too. erhlflorf .Fu "argl" °‘_§°f‘u Wullu out not only will the losses in stor- _ Home of our Idsnd. linorces' 088! the potstoeos cglremsecleles zgxhmmg? ‘|§'|:n¢:,: o;"::;l:1¥yi|?g";:rntt:l’u gm l1`5V:__W°_:lu°u Uduilg U 35 ‘:_‘;uu:u be regarded as factors weakening the gym- to next year. by the use of lm- _, ¢° 9 0'0" ‘ul W Cu 'I3 hll _ u power of resistance towards storage nonnn gnbefa, will be eliminated. In 0l'¢lln¢rY <1°“\\ ° °-€8:__ S “B 1; rote, and what is more their expoe- “nw of the feet that potato canker

_ l-1:3 35__l>ukll°:_l_;_Ml *T373 ‘_'_2_u r1_re in their impaired condition of nm; powdery saab, two European po-

r Y ¢ I1 r 085| B 0 UK health to the favorable conditions “gn nunggg, may at any time her

zuglggor -prieo, but sad to say they lgrtrho __¢le_:e1opment of bae_ts_r_ls__l\nd nmnn neaixzhed in the

. i _ n weareeverpreeen th , send

.°i'.."L°.':‘:.1i ':.:.‘::‘°: ..‘..."‘.'::‘: :::'..:".°".:."“°°'......°£."°'°°.f- -t:i.°;.:f°°... °?-‘tf '»‘2~'2-M ii-

°° u H 7 I' ll t 0 Det mportant.

but some of them had good showbrominent factors ble m ‘ “mu th. mm' 1

. fllponei lei- tle

qualities. The Wyandottes was s largest amount dl losses oeoufthfg

large class of birds, one a great what is necessary to start into ee- ggpom- gp-.'l'l-Ili Doimnou

many shapes were in _'Plus tio: the myrish -*of fllnllll ' , 'Run

Columbiana were qui ereu n an bacteria prison everywhere ab `

,mm to sho whim. one ui. demon* oo aomooeivo io stone v°¢¢'¢.»\>l° --

Myggg inf gig Mrd|_ IDIQUI M Ill! llildf. ,li IM “O _» .-3

on enrn n e . vm o

H igmpett edt th inoiltnrewarmtldisiueeef ttle»"fhof‘ '

farm. Through the searches of the various "death", Where these conditions pre- they must be picked out to prevent q No seed P0*-Bt0¢S lllllri 011 Bu! Inspectors of the Division of Botany vail the potatoes underground are storage rot. Diseases like potato ro- ount be sold or removed from the it has been proven _td be Present in not "ripe" and, what is more im- sette or little potato (rhizoctonia, d emisrs. Neither millet “DY 0! _them a number of localities in Canada, D0\"tuu¢. there is no chance of their fusarium) rot and othets which may centres at Charlottetown, Montague, s used for md by the nm” \=\m°°" Particularly badly in *ue C°““*Y °' becoming rue. however long, ui” scoot the potato whore more no ooo- ii

othfr Year- Kamourasks, Prov. of Queb8¢~ AS tue are left in the soil. ~ trolled or prevented by the use of

ith the careful i0ll0Wll1Z 0! tueue prevention of its spread is important A rlpd potato has all its cells wen good sound seed when the potato P

d-minor precautions the disease it and the best methods of dealing with supplied with (ood materlah L _eu tuber. is once arrested lt ls very llama

£0 be llulleu Gun be uulu in °h°°k' its Cf-‘u"°1 uuuum be ltnown by the starch, and the skin adheres `f1r|-n1y to to decay after being stored.

has now been ' definitely located on but the C0-OPGFHUOH Of U19 f“’m°-"5 is farming ¢0n1m\-ull*-Y Bibullutlu lu uow me tuber when the anger nr thnm ln I have concluded in the term “etor- p

this side of the Atlantic through the Bb901'1l~°lY u°°°“ufY- in the 00\1rl0 0! Dr°PlrB¥l0u. t0 be nppllnd to rhn nnrgnnn wlth nlll-m,rnd_ _age rot" a. number of organisms

issued from tu” E‘P°"im°“*'°l Farm hing movement When fthe sh-in in ‘causing the various forms known to gh, Innpncunn md sn), Ace, Th, l

THE P. E. I. POULTRY _ dum dry rots and decay of various , Assoo1A'rIoN's snow. "“°'*°d,,,§’,’d‘“'*‘ “ugh” ‘mu “‘° "wi" forms. whatever roi-in of roi may ‘rmd “mb” °‘ “°°°°°°" h““‘m“"

'f'h fifth annual show which has th” tube" Wm also 11°" b°°°m° lu' tion of losses will be the same in

C ° ' fected and are liable to d i th

just closed, although not the big- °‘_’°7 " ° every case and may be summarined

_ gem I believe was the but lar. quaér l>_lf_Bo;€el_l;a_r_~_s_,____1;|:_less certain precaut- ln the lolldvvmg Buggestlom, slated by Norman McLeod. As well

. N 1 5 bi ' .

gin, tnllfgwsvggdhéidwonifiaigy he ioghf The “ond lB°t°f1 favoring and in- ialioos'kglgeiglgiignozhnalgg "°' M' "°!‘°°d mm’ '°'°"‘l P" 75 per cent. of them were of No. ‘1 deed inviting u°°uY is Wuufu Dvl-l¢0\=G less brought into contact with tubers B

. the quality of his work was ther- ' ' " " `

d,mll¢_v_ UB lYin8 £00 close to the surface of nhowing sign; of dnnny, __ r, G°‘“ ‘“‘° d°"°"° °' °“°“ '““°°’ me gmund 1" tl" md' sm' t“b°" 2' T"" "'°”°”“°“ °' ‘°”°“ ‘“ “‘° °ufil:>{h::th°r!:§to§rif1 work in which! Q ’ u ft

_ _~_i»‘ "_, `~'

men employed by the Oo-operative

emonth this program was carried

ese orchards as much attention :ns

lm _

use

"In this work' I was very ably as- F

uestlon next season. made in poultry keeping is undoubt- During the month of October it was edly due to the superior edge; yhlnh, eemed advisable to make packing has in msn instances been given to

y -_

ueh docks. Then again a doell serm-

nd Kensington. It was accordingly' posed of all one breed will do better- advertlsed that I should be in these under routine treatment, than-‘nook laces on Mondays, Wednesdays and made up of every thins .ha Fridays respectively, and would give thing; and nnyonh nmrtl out Qvlhh instructions regarding the grading, h ` asking in barrels and boxes and lon;-n the nllhr ch dcthrld ~ IDBTUDB 0( 91163380! ll \`°<lu’ir'°d DY this breed allied: profit ggstly hyqkehogf

pure breed can by a little study '

edge gained, ‘ 1 _ ~` `

It costs no more to rails pore '

ruit Oo. earlier in the season were h nd ' »

_clit available for this work. During r B than mounds' it "mu" mn e

Ml. \>°°nlw° by reason of the cardul e _ _

lscti , h

ut but its success is questionable alter. stron? .Elk :;l¥&;w '

d for hatching will be lmpro 06.'

he percentage of the livibili/ty of

_ orb e permaturely. In this ease be developing ln “Ord” the r,r.°ven_ lg: g`_‘:_“m':__°;x°d b°f°" “mu nad’ the chicks hatched increased., and the.

ock built up to-s'degree perfefet- on impossible in the case of mangr- ls. When birds ofa pure,h'r9_d dggk

nal visits to dlflerent orchards and

was engaged was the judging of fruit at the fairs and eihibitions; I es-

B-. Surnmerslde, Charlottetown and Georgetown. And I would like to s

show at the Bt. John -Maritime Ex-

at Georgetown.

INSPECTION WORK.

I endeavored to inspect ae many

lots of apples for domestic and for- _eign trade as and while the 4111811117 of such much to be desired I am to say no conviction lpeetion |

celery up eo The malorlty

evidence and

beenae-

fruit exported

fairly wcll

to say,

made fruit

e s

some

arrived

whale".-um, eos 1 chin the not _tion me nent wit #NNN were _us

I .

.t 1 <'.’ -1.. “- `!‘ ".

_ . ,=,,£»¢~»~-;f,‘-'i _ , _ _ », . v. ~ "">"'5"~'*‘|‘-3’ f`, ‘ ._ .

-. ., , - _ » » 'rv -, .- v’ ,_.¢_____-_“_ _1-;,_l -_ld -_...,-.» »,V.,. Q-4»._,\ ,<2 ,»,_~,__- _.,_».. ._______,,__,..,-_

llldi

as assisting in the packing een- °

0 .

are our particular C.

` r

ay that, in my opinion, the fruit on 5'°k°

ber we

hihitioh one Amherst winter iron horse flesh ourae ves would not compare at all favorably ri 1 with that shown at the county fa" _enggelngzlclg n arm!

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S 5oooo

reliable

for puffe,

of the In- del,

I-If~r.e _

1 HE

Cor

“"1 and

BS'

actically impossible for any one to .

niiohoo in uio packing of apples in like B flock 01 nwnsrvls and sive

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